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Learning to Keep My Mouth Shut
By: Alisha Headley In the multitude of words, sin is not lacking, but he who refrains is lips is wise. - Proverbs 10:19 How many times has your mouth got you in trouble? My mouth has got me in trouble countless times. Whether it was with coworkers from work, my friends and family, or with my husband -- nothing good comes out of talking too much. But if you're a female, let alone a female like me who craves connection, that's typically done through talking. So even the thought of refraining my lips seems like an impossible task. My husband even jokes with me that he's said more words in the last three years of knowing me (because I love talking), that he has said in the entire thirty years combined before he met me. True story! One of the reasons I love to write, is it's my way of talking on paper. So, as you can imagine, keeping my mouth shut is a difficult concept to me. As an effort to be more obedient in my Christian walk with the Lord, I decided I needed to ask the Lord for wisdom to learn how to hold my tongue. Over and over through the Bible, there are Scriptures that says "a truly wise man uses few words" (Proverbs 17:27) Not only is sin lacking with few words, but Scripture says "watching your words and holding your tongue saves you a lot of grief". (Proverbs 21:23) | 
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